Trump fraud verdict: $364 million penalty in New York civil fraud case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Trump, one of 40 witnesses to testify at the trial, said his financial statements actually understated his net worth and that banks did their own research and were happy with his business.
54% : Trump incorporated the Trump Organization in New York in 1981.
45% : By making himself seem richer, Trump qualified for better loan terms, saved on interest and was able to complete projects he might otherwise not have finished, state lawyers said.
44% : State lawyers said Trump exaggerated his wealth by as much as $3.6 billion one year.
37% : The stiff penalty was a victory for New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, who sued Trump over what she said was not just harmless bragging but years of deceptive practices as he built the multinational collection of skyscrapers, golf courses and other properties that catapulted him to wealth, fame and the White House.
37% : Trump was ordered to pay $2 million to an array of charities as a fine and the charity, the Trump Foundation, was shut down.
36% : "Trump and his lawyers have said the outside accountants that helped prepare the statements should've flagged any discrepancies and that the documents came with disclaimers that shielded him from liability.
34% : There was no anything," Trump testified in November.
33% : James, who campaigned for office as a Trump critic and watchdog, started scrutinizing his business practices in March 2019 after his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen testified to Congress that Trump exaggerated his wealth on financial statements provided to Deutsche Bank while trying to obtain financing to buy the NFL's Buffalo Bills.
30% : The suit is one of many legal headaches for Trump as he campaigns for a return to the White House.
29% : James' office previously sued Trump for misusing his own charitable foundation to further his political and business interests.
27% : In a six-minute diatribe during closing arguments in January, Trump proclaimed "I am an innocent man" and called the case a "fraud on me.
24% : The suit accused Trump and his co-defendants of routinely puffing up his financial statements to create an illusion his properties were more valuable than they really were.
23% : During the trial, Trump called the judge "extremely hostile" and the attorney general "a political hack."
22% : Trump also was barred from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation for three years.
19% : On Jan. 26, a jury ordered Trump to pay $83.3 million to writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her after she accused him in 2019 of sexually assaulting her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s.
18% : James sued Trump in 2022 under a state law that authorizes her to investigate persistent fraud in business dealings.
16% : New York -- A New York judge ruled Friday against Donald Trump, imposing a $364 million penalty over what the judge ruled was a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated the former president's wealth.

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